I'm not even a drummer, I literally know nothing about drumming. I'm here cuz I like to watch you play drums, especially like watching the faces you make while you play. I mean that in the least creepy way possible
Left handed drummer and play open handed on a “right handed” kit. I honestly think this is the correct way to play. It is awesome to play with no crossing of hands. Add a floor tom to the right of the snare and you’re in business. I also play a “right handed” guitar and bass, again it seemed more natural to me, chord hand is my strong hand, strumming hand my weak hand. Makes sense to me.
I know this left handed guitarist who plays a right handed guitar. Dude can sweep the metal like no one else in our town, and I think a lot of it is that his dominant hand is on the fretboard.
Yeah, I'm right-handed but I've got my kit set up "lefty". Either foot ought to be able to kick just fine. May as well have my right foot control the thing my right hand is hitting 🤷
New to this but as a lefty my kit is setup right handed although I play the hi hat with my left and the snare is in between my legs, this feels very natural to me. I then actually lead the toms with my left and just play generally the left side of the kit with my left hand and the right side of the kit with my right hand. Snare pedal and bass pedals are at about 11 & 1 o’clock feels great to me.
Im a right handed drummer and play open handed on a right handed kit . Ive been playing since my adolescence and no one could get me to play cross handed it just feels more natural open handed
Just set up my drums like this, except cheaper! Total cost about $20 Converted my bass pedal (cheap PDP) using a set of Hex wrenches. Built the remote hi hat stand using an old stand and a bicycle shift cable.
You're videos have the perfect blend of comedy and information. For this 'mega groove video' could you play the intro section of Porcupine Tree's 'Blackest Eyes'?
I'm a left hand dominant individual, but I play open-handed on a basically traditional set-up. it works for me and I don't allow anyone to hinder my ways! keep up the good work
same here, i started off learning right handed but found it just kept me back, since then i just did what felt natural, left hand on hats, i do however also use my ride on the left as opposed to leaving it on the right, although lately i'm trying to play ride patterns on the right with my right hand.....
same, I used to play my right handed brothers kit but I'm left handed it so I naturally played it open, now the kit is mine and I left it set up how it was
I came up with this setup years ago after seeing Abe Laboriel Jr. move his bass drum to his left. After doing just that, I also moved the HH to my right on a cable hat as Harry has done and fell in love with this setup. Definite advantages to playing like this !! And he's right...it drives other drummers who sit in crazy. Not to mention sound techs who never have seen setups like this. Nice to see someone else who has the experimental drive in them....thanks Harry...er...Dude.
I didn't even know this was called open handed drumming but I always found it fascinating watching Billy Cobham! I assumed he was a lefty and just played a right handed kit. There's also a drummer here in Budapest that plays like this and it's so much fun watching his style. Thanks for this explanation, it was very informative.
I've been trying to learn open hand with a conventional setup. I'm still sort of a newbie, so maybe it will take hold, but doesn't not feel as natural as crossed. As I have an extra ride cymbal, going to put one near the hat to try that very cool technique you showed. Love your playing dude. Creative fills and rock solid groove. You are a star in the making for sure.
Oh my after 34 years of playing the drums properly I decided to give you a go and I've seen the light, oh my goodness what a difference, totally love it
It means that he flashes his teeth all the time and it's fuckin weird. I like this channel, I like the great content. But I can't stand looking at this guy. It makes me feel strange. :D PS. And he has annoying voice.
I love his voice. Different people have different things that annoy them. It's impossible to please everyone so if you see something that isn't inherently wrong, just something you don't like, maybe don't comment. Because nothing is liked by everyone, and unconstructive negativity is why the internet is such a shithole.
I've played a messed up lefty/righty setup since I got my first kit back in the late 80s. It's nice to see that at least *someone* gets the fun of it! I finally got another kit after being benched with a brain injury since 2009 and my musician kids just look at it and chuckle. I wouldn't trade it for the world. Thanks for bringing such great energy to the throne Harry!
Very interesting. When I first started teaching myself in high school, I played open and felt comfortable doing it. A year or so later, I started taking drum lessons and my teacher told me that it would just work better if I played traditional, so I retaught myself and have been traditional ever since. Years later I see that I could have played open and that one of my favs (Carter B) played open too! Kicked myself for sticking to traditional. Traditional is nice to know but I wish I stuck with playing open. Maybe some day I'll go the route of your set up. Thanks for taking the time to explain it.
I'm left hand and have only started learning, and this video has helped inspire some much-needed changes to my set up. Thanks a bunch for a couple years later.
I used to play a kit with 4 tom toms stacked above each other plus 2 floor toms, hi-hat was in its traditional spot. When I listen to my demos from that era I played tom patterns and beats I never was able to do when I went to a traditional 5 piece. I definitely can appreciate how a creative drum set-up can enable drum fills and beats you wouldn't normally come up with if using a traditional set-up.
Dude, speaking of left and right, could you not pan your audio 100% to one side at times. Some of us rock sennheiser shitty phone headphones, with broken left earpiece! Think of us lowlives!
being left footed and right handed has always been a challenge to play a right handed kit. I've wanted to try this setup but wasn't sure how to redo my layout but now I do! Dude-riffic!
Thank you so much. I've been playing the traditional way my whole life and I need a change. It's not like I haven't been aware of the limitations for years. It's that I've never put aside the time to do something about it. I have a Pearl remote hi hat stand sitting on the shelf. Time to take it down.
I'm not a drummer (yet), but I wanna start drumming as soon as budget and space allow it (as I have to buy, you know, drums for that)… I actually wanna play open handed from the start after researching for a while now. Shawn Crowder made a video on that and now I'm here.
I simultaneously love and hate your setup haha XD As for my dream kit, I really want to have two hi-hats...one on the right and one on the left. Also, you deserve more views. It doesn't matter what you upload, I always enjoy your videos! Keep it up dude
I love seeing a right handed drumming really going at the open handed setup. I'm a lefty but have always played a righty kit and I'm fortunate the my dominant foot is the right. Full on Carter Beauford mode. Does make sharing kits and reversing rides a pain in the arse though.
Aside from Mr. Beauford, if anyone thinks openhanded playing is technically inferior, I have two words: Bobby Jarzombek. :) Regarding the point at 8:55 about the ride and hat being right next to each other: Bobby is a master at doing cool stuff with this voicing possibility.
Played closed hand for 15 years, when I restarted play I thought I want to play open handed, to also improve my left hand, so I started and still doing it. Also I didn‘t fail calculus, but I‘m not a working musician now. More a hobby musician. Still have the remote hihat and the remote pedal for the bass. Just makes it more comfortable.
This is how I would play if I could afford the remote hi-hat and double bass. I’m a right footed left handed lead and the way you have this set up is the way I would set up an e-drum. Thank you for showing this. Glad I’m not the only non-cookie cutter drummer out there.
It totally makes sense. I'm right handed, but L footed, so I wish I had started playing open handed. What I've been doing pretty seriously for a year or so, is playing L lead with hands, and R foot (not like him, no remote hats) It's great, if only to get my L hand up to speed. Eventually I'd like to mount a ride above my hats, and go the Carter route. Now there's some bored rambling for ya
I'm a leftie and have been playing open handed for 25+ years. HH and ride on the right (because ride=right, right?), toms from center to left, left foot as master. I've mostly been happy with this, although the non-dominant right hand lacks a bit in the chops department, but I constantly compensate with the left, so all good. I've met quite a few lefties with this kind of setup, but you're the first rightie to do it like this AFAIK. Kudos!
Dude... Just tested your setup on my electronic drum kit and I freakin' love it! It just opens me up in an awesome way and makes so many new cool playing combinations available. I thought it was going to feel super weird, but it didn't.
Hey man, I really appreciate your dudely advice. I was struggling to find out if I'm a lefty or righty. Turns out I'm a right-handed open drummer with a lefty kick. Thanks dude 👍
I went to Barber school with a guitar player who cut hair lefty, and played guitar righty! I loved jamming with him( with me on drums), but I couldn't stand watching him cut hair. He told me which hand was dominant, but I totally forget every time I think about it. It is truly mind boggling Oh yeah I dig the grooves and speeches!
When I first started Playing in 1970 I had my set set up this same way minus the double bass pedal. And over the years went to a traditional right handed set up. I may go back to see. I always play with two high hats anyway and one is fixed on the right hand side.
Thanks! Loved the video. I hope to one day open it up. Some say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. In regards to covers, I'm down with whatever you get around to posting (except Polka tunes)...just keep em coming!
Hi Dude, first Thanks so much for all the videos, they are always awesome and fun to watch. And second i really wishes that you play the awesome DMB - Sweet Up and Down
A very interesting look back as I am self-taught and always have play open style on the hats. For me, it was a matter of freedom and I am indeed a left on a right-handed kit.
Did you ever think about doing both? I did. And even though my brain revolted at first, it gave up it‘s resistance soon and let me be two drummers. In the first years, there actually were two totally different drummers. But over time and with more practise, they‘ve almost become one technically, even though they still sound different due to the drum kits‘ setup. This helps in mastering other instruments, by the way. When you‘re used to playing instruments from the lowest note on the left to the highest on the right, like a piano, you‘re in for a surprise when you try to play panflutes. It really gets whacky when you tackle steel drums, as the notes aren‘t even in sequence there, and some seem to be on the wrong side. But with the attitude gained by equally drumming left and right sided, you‘re in a great position to go for it and feel comfortable in no time at all. Oh, and it helps with martial arts, too. An opponent will always watch out for your strong hand. Imagine the surprise when you whack him with the other hand. 😝
Harry...I switched my kit to this set up about 2 months after seeing your first video, only cause for some crazy reason it just makes sense...been playing like this ever since, and it has improved my abilities 10 fold!! Thank you, and I’m so glad your back, you truly keep me inspired!! Crazy or not!! Thanks Dude!!
Dude, why did I have to watch this? Now I have to move to a bigger place so I can setup my drums again, just so I can learn this new way of playing. Is 42 too old of a dog to learn a new trick?
hingeslevers that is an interesting argument. May I play devils advocate and say there are many different techniques that are considered “correct” on drums? I agree with you that there is no ONE right ways to play, but there are certainly many techniques that are better than others.
I have never heard of "academically correct" drumming, however there are standardized methods and some gigs require they be met. For instance when I was in the Army and auditioned for the post Army band, I was rejected because I didn't have the proper "drum corp" type training although I had played in a High School marching band. It was a small school and we worked out our own routines and arrangements, and we sounded good enough to win some city wide awards. However, we were not "taught or trained" to the approved methods the U.S. Army requires. Mind you that lack of training never kept me from making money as a drummer for live performance or recordings, just the Army! So take that for what it's worth!
The awkward moment when you're so beginner that you initially though this was the right way to play... Can cheap electronic drums become as custom as your configuration?
I spent 8 years in tennessee department of corrections relearning to play open handed, tho it didnt take nowhere this long to learn but i am almost (almost) as comfortable open as i am crossed. I like the freedom of my right hand being able to go to a bell or tom while keeping the left on hihat and left to snare (if youre going to do the random throwing in of bells, toms, etc.). 8 years with no drums and came out better than when i went in. I never stopped mentally practicing. Yep drove my cellies crazy, but hey despite what the movies portray i was never in danger of being decapitated for air drumming. T.d.o.c. was certainly no "American Me".
Excellent question dude sir. The short answer: it doesn't! I just keep it to the left because it at least creates the illusion of a more traditional kit (with a kick that appears centered relative to the rest o' the gear), which (1) helps me fit on drum risers and (2) helps my bosses feel like they've hired a real drummer and not some goober who doesn't know how to make drums look like they looked on MTV when we were kids. Make it your own though, dude! Thanks for the query \m/
I started playing and figured if I'm right handed, I should build up my coordination and strength with my left. It worked out great for metal. 8 months ago I decided I should play with right hand and now more syncopated bears I can easily do with right hand, left hand for steady locked in down beats. Very versatile, easy can switch now, 3/4 polyrms
Harry, you never answered if that left handed cup holder in the movie theater is yours. Anyways, I'd enjoy hearing any song from Umphrey's McGee Anchor Drops album (Robot World) or Phish's Llama. Dude!
1. This works amazingly 2. Get a cheap electronic kit and put the components wherever you want. 3. It isn't cheating any more than jazz drummers weren't cheating just because they didnt wear bass drums on their back, crash cymbals on their knees or snares hanging from their shoulders. 4. Drums are only set up the way they are because of preference, tradition, and mechanical limitations. 5. Seriously go try this. I've played for 20 plus years and switching to this set up took me from a decent bar drummer to good enough to fool most people in to thinking im really good.
This is GREAT! It's one of the most creative drumming videos that I've seen in a long time. It's adds a new definition to the old saying, "Do whatever you gotta do to get up for the game." Thanks for the inspiration!
Dude, i just recently set up my electronic kit like this. It doesn't care where the pedals are. I have played for 20 years and this one weird trick seriously doubled my ability in about two days of playing. My left arm is no longer trapped and apparently it is good at stuff. I wasted so much time on baggage held over from mechanical limitations.
great, i love originality. sometimes fear stops us from doing something great. this guy just reinvented the wheel in front our very eyes and we don't worship the guy and induct him into the hall of fame. you are in my top 5 drummers b/c of this man. 1-Thomas Lang (drumming scientific method) 2-dave weckl (creativivity, soul, mind and spirit 3- Tommy Igoe (groove essentials) 4- Jared Falk (online drumming father) 5- harry miree ( the chosen DUDE).
So.... Which cup holder is YOURS at the movies theaters???
As MrSark would say: "BOTH!"
BEST
Dante Wilkins left but he picks up and drinks with his right hand
The one on the right:
Both if your aggressive
6:50 "THIS IS NOT NORMAL, AND I CAN'T DO MY GO-TO RIGHT-HANDED LICK AND I *REJECT* IT"!!! LOL I laughed so hard there.
Hd
That part of the video literally played as i read ur comment
Open handed tip number 6, tell that drummer to suck it up cause he's lucky youre letting him borrow your kit.
I was here for the cowbell. Thank you for adding it. I am satisfied.
I'm not bc it needs more!!
Omg ur so cute omg look at u ur so cute
More cowbell
I'm not even a drummer, I literally know nothing about drumming. I'm here cuz I like to watch you play drums, especially like watching the faces you make while you play. I mean that in the least creepy way possible
Back Stabbath he sucks
banjo charlie nicholson ah, the bait. the bait for anon. anon's bait. the bait specifically designed for anon.
Emperor's New Groove?
banjo charlie nicholson
Ah, a talentless bitch that's jealous. Cute.
Same yo. His faces are cool. XD
His drums look like a bathroom literally , the white shells with gold hardware reminds me of sinks, toilets n stuff dunno why
you have gold......in your bathroom??
Left handed drummer and play open handed on a “right handed” kit. I honestly think this is the correct way to play. It is awesome to play with no crossing of hands. Add a floor tom to the right of the snare and you’re in business. I also play a “right handed” guitar and bass, again it seemed more natural to me, chord hand is my strong hand, strumming hand my weak hand. Makes sense to me.
I know this left handed guitarist who plays a right handed guitar. Dude can sweep the metal like no one else in our town, and I think a lot of it is that his dominant hand is on the fretboard.
Yeah, I'm right-handed but I've got my kit set up "lefty". Either foot ought to be able to kick just fine. May as well have my right foot control the thing my right hand is hitting 🤷
New to this but as a lefty my kit is setup right handed although I play the hi hat with my left and the snare is in between my legs, this feels very natural to me. I then actually lead the toms with my left and just play generally the left side of the kit with my left hand and the right side of the kit with my right hand. Snare pedal and bass pedals are at about 11 & 1 o’clock feels great to me.
Im a right handed drummer and play open handed on a right handed kit . Ive been playing since my adolescence and no one could get me to play cross handed it just feels more natural open handed
Just set up my drums like this, except cheaper! Total cost about $20
Converted my bass pedal (cheap PDP) using a set of Hex wrenches.
Built the remote hi hat stand using an old stand and a bicycle shift cable.
Dude, this guy talks EXACTLY like Khari, the baby sitter from Pixar's "The Incredibles"
He voiced it
WHY YOU HAVE NO MOAR VIEWS!!?
You're videos have the perfect blend of comedy and information. For this 'mega groove video' could you play the intro section of Porcupine Tree's 'Blackest Eyes'?
this
Blackest Eyes for you my fellow dude! ruclips.net/video/PiSf-BtOERo/видео.html
+FrustratedTurtle Why so frustraded bro?
I'm a left hand dominant individual, but I play open-handed on a basically traditional set-up. it works for me and I don't allow anyone to hinder my ways! keep up the good work
same here, i started off learning right handed but found it just kept me back, since then i just did what felt natural, left hand on hats, i do however also use my ride on the left as opposed to leaving it on the right, although lately i'm trying to play ride patterns on the right with my right hand.....
Same ;/
same, I used to play my right handed brothers kit but I'm left handed it so I naturally played it open, now the kit is mine and I left it set up how it was
Same!
Jarret Grimes Aquatic-Life same
I came up with this setup years ago after seeing Abe Laboriel Jr. move his bass drum to his left. After doing just that, I also moved the HH to my right on a cable hat as Harry has done and fell in love with this setup. Definite advantages to playing like this !! And he's right...it drives other drummers who sit in crazy. Not to mention sound techs who never have seen setups like this. Nice to see someone else who has the experimental drive in them....thanks Harry...er...Dude.
Dude! How much were your teeth?
I didn't even know this was called open handed drumming but I always found it fascinating watching Billy Cobham! I assumed he was a lefty and just played a right handed kit. There's also a drummer here in Budapest that plays like this and it's so much fun watching his style. Thanks for this explanation, it was very informative.
I've been trying to learn open hand with a conventional setup. I'm still sort of a newbie, so maybe it will take hold, but doesn't not feel as natural as crossed. As I have an extra ride cymbal, going to put one near the hat to try that very cool technique you showed. Love your playing dude. Creative fills and rock solid groove. You are a star in the making for sure.
still don’t know which cup holder is mine dude
This is not normal and I can’t do my go-to right-handed lick and I reject it!
Yeah this set up is cool but it is about as complicated and confusing as Harry himself. Which is a total compliment
Oh my after 34 years of playing the drums properly I decided to give you a go and I've seen the light, oh my goodness what a difference, totally love it
Harry: So I bought a Pearl remote hi-hat stand.
Me: Sounds like a good idea. *checks price*
Me: Nevermind..
I’ve been playing drums my whole life. Traditional. Thanks to you I’m now open handed. And I love it. It frees me to do whatever.
could you please prefocus your video
He could try saying "M" with closed mouth too.
Kamil Bujak what the fuck does that even mean
It means that he flashes his teeth all the time and it's fuckin weird. I like this channel, I like the great content. But I can't stand looking at this guy. It makes me feel strange. :D
PS. And he has annoying voice.
I love his voice. Different people have different things that annoy them. It's impossible to please everyone so if you see something that isn't inherently wrong, just something you don't like, maybe don't comment. Because nothing is liked by everyone, and unconstructive negativity is why the internet is such a shithole.
Kamil Bujak lol
I've played a messed up lefty/righty setup since I got my first kit back in the late 80s. It's nice to see that at least *someone* gets the fun of it! I finally got another kit after being benched with a brain injury since 2009 and my musician kids just look at it and chuckle. I wouldn't trade it for the world. Thanks for bringing such great energy to the throne Harry!
Very interesting. When I first started teaching myself in high school, I played open and felt comfortable doing it. A year or so later, I started taking drum lessons and my teacher told me that it would just work better if I played traditional, so I retaught myself and have been traditional ever since. Years later I see that I could have played open and that one of my favs (Carter B) played open too! Kicked myself for sticking to traditional. Traditional is nice to know but I wish I stuck with playing open. Maybe some day I'll go the route of your set up. Thanks for taking the time to explain it.
Nothing set in stone - you can learn to use trad and convenient grips - works all the time!
Dude. You're awesome. Thanks for keeping professional level drumming fun like a legend
I'm left hand and have only started learning, and this video has helped inspire some much-needed changes to my set up. Thanks a bunch for a couple years later.
I used to play a kit with 4 tom toms stacked above each other plus 2 floor toms, hi-hat was in its traditional spot. When I listen to my demos from that era I played tom patterns and beats I never was able to do when I went to a traditional 5 piece.
I definitely can appreciate how a creative drum set-up can enable drum fills and beats you wouldn't normally come up with if using a traditional set-up.
Hey Harry, can you please do Drive in, Drive out by Dave Matthews Band
YESSS
+MardukFilms i would love to see what Harry will do with 'Drive in, Drive out' on a lefty kit.
I would be especially excited for the last minute of the song :)
Genius!!!! Been playing since 70's, and am going to re-configure my kit today!!! Subscribed! Mucho thanks, Harry!!!!
Harry, would be awesome if you showed us your take on Seven by DMB :)
As a lefty who plays a normal righty kit closed handed (with a few mods to my kit to make life easy), i respect your funky drum kit.
Dude, speaking of left and right, could you not pan your audio 100% to one side at times. Some of us rock sennheiser shitty phone headphones, with broken left earpiece! Think of us lowlives!
Ilkka Urpi yes same
being left footed and right handed has always been a challenge to play a right handed kit. I've wanted to try this setup but wasn't sure how to redo my layout but now I do! Dude-riffic!
Oh yeah and CARTER BEAUFORD hes my favorite too
Thank you so much. I've been playing the traditional way my whole life and I need a change. It's not like I haven't been aware of the limitations for years. It's that I've never put aside the time to do something about it. I have a Pearl remote hi hat stand sitting on the shelf. Time to take it down.
He never said which cup holder in the theater is mine :(
I'm not a drummer (yet), but I wanna start drumming as soon as budget and space allow it (as I have to buy, you know, drums for that)… I actually wanna play open handed from the start after researching for a while now. Shawn Crowder made a video on that and now I'm here.
I simultaneously love and hate your setup haha XD As for my dream kit, I really want to have two hi-hats...one on the right and one on the left. Also, you deserve more views. It doesn't matter what you upload, I always enjoy your videos! Keep it up dude
Regő Józsa wait, like a 4 pedal setup or a permanently closed hi hat
@@juno980 We may never know...
In the movie theater, all cupholders that are convenient to me are mine. I'm glad we cleared that up.
What so I’m not weird? I got a prototype Gibraltar wire hat stand and LOVED having my hats on the right. Everyone thought I was weird. Hmm
Finally, my brain makes sense with what my hands what to do! Why haven’t I found this before, thank you, Sir. You are a gentleman and a scholar!
Tool - Rosetta Stoned 7:00 onwards. The polyrhythm section.
Lots of Tool requests. Ended up with Lateralus. Rock: ruclips.net/video/PiSf-BtOERo/видео.html
I love seeing a right handed drumming really going at the open handed setup. I'm a lefty but have always played a righty kit and I'm fortunate the my dominant foot is the right. Full on Carter Beauford mode. Does make sharing kits and reversing rides a pain in the arse though.
I'm literally watching this while doing calculus homework 😂
Aside from Mr. Beauford, if anyone thinks openhanded playing is technically inferior, I have two words: Bobby Jarzombek. :) Regarding the point at 8:55 about the ride and hat being right next to each other: Bobby is a master at doing cool stuff with this voicing possibility.
2 days ago I didn't know who Harry was. Now, he's among my top 5 favorite drummers.
Played closed hand for 15 years, when I restarted play I thought I want to play open handed, to also improve my left hand, so I started and still doing it. Also I didn‘t fail calculus, but I‘m not a working musician now. More a hobby musician. Still have the remote hihat and the remote pedal for the bass. Just makes it more comfortable.
This is how I would play if I could afford the remote hi-hat and double bass. I’m a right footed left handed lead and the way you have this set up is the way I would set up an e-drum. Thank you for showing this. Glad I’m not the only non-cookie cutter drummer out there.
if the drum carer flops you can always be a comedian!! "my mom and my future self" goddamn lol!!! funniest episode yet!!
being a lefty drummer, who plays a righty set, this set
up is total ingenuity maximus, way to dude!
Ayyyyy same
7:30 i’ve never actually thought up the setup in this way before. fuck that’s genius
you didnt tell us which cupholder is yours... cmon dude
It totally makes sense. I'm right handed, but L footed, so I wish I had started playing open handed. What I've been doing pretty seriously for a year or so, is playing L lead with hands, and R foot (not like him, no remote hats) It's great, if only to get my L hand up to speed. Eventually I'd like to mount a ride above my hats, and go the Carter route. Now there's some bored rambling for ya
DUDE, YOU'RE SO FUNNY! I literally watched all your videos.
by the way, that's an awesome setup, you can play efficiently with that kind of setup, really make sense
I'm a leftie and have been playing open handed for 25+ years. HH and ride on the right (because ride=right, right?), toms from center to left, left foot as master. I've mostly been happy with this, although the non-dominant right hand lacks a bit in the chops department, but I constantly compensate with the left, so all good. I've met quite a few lefties with this kind of setup, but you're the first rightie to do it like this AFAIK. Kudos!
Dude... Just tested your setup on my electronic drum kit and I freakin' love it! It just opens me up in an awesome way and makes so many new cool playing combinations available.
I thought it was going to feel super weird, but it didn't.
I did the same thing a few days ago. It's an epiphany
Hey man, I really appreciate your dudely advice. I was struggling to find out if I'm a lefty or righty. Turns out I'm a right-handed open drummer with a lefty kick. Thanks dude 👍
Please play the groove at 2:26 from Dillinger Escape Plan's Highway Robbery!
Dude!
Dude indeed! ruclips.net/video/PiSf-BtOERo/видео.html
I went to Barber school with a guitar player who cut hair lefty, and played guitar righty!
I loved jamming with him( with me on drums), but I couldn't stand watching him cut hair. He told me which hand was dominant, but I totally forget every time I think about it. It is truly mind boggling
Oh yeah I dig the grooves and speeches!
Just add the AUX hat to the right side? It's cool that you did all that, but why not keep a traditional set-up and add the right sided HH?
PNW Sportbike Life - Or for that matter, put them in the middle so both hands can access them equally
Ah, the Danny Carey way
Exactly what I thought, and did on my setup.
When I first started Playing in 1970 I had my set set up this same way minus the double bass pedal. And over the years went to a traditional right handed set up. I may go back to see. I always play with two high hats anyway and one is fixed on the right hand side.
The chorus of Clockwork Angels by Rush has a pretty cool tom groove. Just a suggestion for the mega groove video.
Thanks! Loved the video. I hope to one day open it up. Some say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. In regards to covers, I'm down with whatever you get around to posting (except Polka tunes)...just keep em coming!
Hi Dude, first Thanks so much for all the videos, they are always awesome and fun to watch.
And second i really wishes that you play the awesome DMB - Sweet Up and Down
A very interesting look back as I am self-taught and always have play open style on the hats. For me, it was a matter of freedom and I am indeed a left on a right-handed kit.
Roasting UAB. Tbh their jazz ensemble is top notch
dude, point four, left descending toms. enough said from those tasty ghost notes.
Ninja Turtle Band-aid lol
Did you ever think about doing both? I did. And even though my brain revolted at first, it gave up it‘s resistance soon and let me be two drummers. In the first years, there actually were two totally different drummers. But over time and with more practise, they‘ve almost become one technically, even though they still sound different due to the drum kits‘ setup.
This helps in mastering other instruments, by the way. When you‘re used to playing instruments from the lowest note on the left to the highest on the right, like a piano, you‘re in for a surprise when you try to play panflutes. It really gets whacky when you tackle steel drums, as the notes aren‘t even in sequence there, and some seem to be on the wrong side. But with the attitude gained by equally drumming left and right sided, you‘re in a great position to go for it and feel comfortable in no time at all.
Oh, and it helps with martial arts, too. An opponent will always watch out for your strong hand. Imagine the surprise when you whack him with the other hand. 😝
Harry...I switched my kit to this set up about 2 months after seeing your first video, only cause for some crazy reason it just makes sense...been playing like this ever since, and it has improved my abilities 10 fold!! Thank you, and I’m so glad your back, you truly keep me inspired!! Crazy or not!! Thanks Dude!!
What gear did you get to convert your kit?
Me tooo
It's all about what's comfortable for you ! Love the vid
I think you'd be an awesome guest on Drumeo, just a thought. Maybe I'll see you on there one day 👍
Noice
Dude, why did I have to watch this? Now I have to move to a bigger place so I can setup my drums again, just so I can learn this new way of playing. Is 42 too old of a dog to learn a new trick?
As Someone who lives in Alabama and very close to Birmingham, don't go there for music lol.
That set up is chill asf but psychotic at the same time😂
Carter Beauford !!!
Man, I am LOVING your videos! Also suffer from the 100 questions a day about my open handed playing!
There is no academically correct way to play drums.
hingeslevers that is an interesting argument. May I play devils advocate and say there are many different techniques that are considered “correct” on drums? I agree with you that there is no ONE right ways to play, but there are certainly many techniques that are better than others.
I have never heard of "academically correct" drumming, however there are standardized methods and some gigs require they be met. For instance when I was in the Army and auditioned for the post Army band, I was rejected because I didn't have the proper "drum corp" type training although I had played in a High School marching band. It was a small school and we worked out our own routines and arrangements, and we sounded good enough to win some city wide awards. However, we were not "taught or trained" to the approved methods the U.S. Army requires.
Mind you that lack of training never kept me from making money as a drummer for live performance or recordings, just the Army!
So take that for what it's worth!
hingeslevers I like the way ü think about that.
I will check with my optometrist tomorrow. My eye can't auto focus. No wait.
The awkward moment when you're so beginner that you initially though this was the right way to play...
Can cheap electronic drums become as custom as your configuration?
I spent 8 years in tennessee department of corrections relearning to play open handed, tho it didnt take nowhere this long to learn but i am almost (almost) as comfortable open as i am crossed. I like the freedom of my right hand being able to go to a bell or tom while keeping the left on hihat and left to snare (if youre going to do the random throwing in of bells, toms, etc.). 8 years with no drums and came out better than when i went in. I never stopped mentally practicing. Yep drove my cellies crazy, but hey despite what the movies portray i was never in danger of being decapitated for air drumming. T.d.o.c. was certainly no "American Me".
But why does the bass drum need to be on the left?
Excellent question dude sir. The short answer: it doesn't! I just keep it to the left because it at least creates the illusion of a more traditional kit (with a kick that appears centered relative to the rest o' the gear), which (1) helps me fit on drum risers and (2) helps my bosses feel like they've hired a real drummer and not some goober who doesn't know how to make drums look like they looked on MTV when we were kids. Make it your own though, dude! Thanks for the query \m/
Add a 26” bassdrum on your right foot! Will look killer!
I, as a southpaw, would love the hell outta playing your set-up
Dude thank you so much I swear I'm the only one that plays like this
I started playing and figured if I'm right handed, I should build up my coordination and strength with my left. It worked out great for metal. 8 months ago I decided I should play with right hand and now more syncopated bears I can easily do with right hand, left hand for steady locked in down beats. Very versatile, easy can switch now, 3/4 polyrms
Love this and all your videos Harry!!I'd really like to try this set up...Dude.
Josh Eppard from coheed and cambria is my fav open handed drummer. Hes a lefty who plays on a right handed kit
It just makes so much more sense.
The Offset Eclipse double bass pedal is worth mentioning here too.
I will definitely use this setup. Thanks a lot.
Harry, you never answered if that left handed cup holder in the movie theater is yours. Anyways, I'd enjoy hearing any song from Umphrey's McGee Anchor Drops album (Robot World) or Phish's Llama.
Dude!
Don’t plan on changing my set up, but this video was really interesting
In my 10ish years of musical experience, I've noticed something. Openhanded drummers just think differently.
I know nothing about drums but I love your voice
"After spending a year of high school calculus musing the subject" - brilliant and literally every drummer ever lol!
1. This works amazingly
2. Get a cheap electronic kit and put the components wherever you want.
3. It isn't cheating any more than jazz drummers weren't cheating just because they didnt wear bass drums on their back, crash cymbals on their knees or snares hanging from their shoulders.
4. Drums are only set up the way they are because of preference, tradition, and mechanical limitations.
5. Seriously go try this. I've played for 20 plus years and switching to this set up took me from a decent bar drummer to good enough to fool most people in to thinking im really good.
Ayo man now i have found a solution on how to organize and to play hats using right foot coz i actually play a kick with a left foot ... thank you
This is GREAT! It's one of the most creative drumming videos that I've seen in a long time. It's adds a new definition to the old saying, "Do whatever you gotta do to get up for the game." Thanks for the inspiration!
HEY MAN! lets see u bust out the into to "Hot for Teacher"!
Dude, i just recently set up my electronic kit like this. It doesn't care where the pedals are. I have played for 20 years and this one weird trick seriously doubled my ability in about two days of playing. My left arm is no longer trapped and apparently it is good at stuff. I wasted so much time on baggage held over from mechanical limitations.
great, i love originality. sometimes fear stops us from doing something great. this guy just reinvented the wheel in front our very eyes and we don't worship the guy and induct him into the hall of fame. you are in my top 5 drummers b/c of this man.
1-Thomas Lang (drumming scientific method) 2-dave weckl (creativivity, soul, mind and spirit 3- Tommy Igoe (groove essentials) 4- Jared Falk (online drumming father) 5- harry miree ( the chosen DUDE).